-teyr

See also: teyr

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish -tóir, from Latin -tor.

Suffix

-teyr m

1. Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something.

   ‎moll (“fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick”) + ‎-teyr → ‎molteyr (“deceiver, charlatan, duper, fraud, cheat, con man, impostor”)

   ‎shiauill (“sail, navigate”) + ‎-teyr → ‎shiaulteyr (“sailor, seaman”)

Derived terms

Manx terms suffixed with -teyr